Nvidia's RTX Spark GPU priority control is quietly showing up on regular GeForce PCs
It lets you choose which app gets more of the GPU
Apple's new MacBook Pro proves OLED matters more than touch
Apple's first touchscreen MacBook Pro is earning widespread praise, with reviewers calling its tandem OLED display among the best ever seen on a laptop. The thinner, lighter design, excellent performance, and long battery life also impress. Most agree, however, that the touchscreen adds little to the experience, while the steep price makes upgrading difficult to justify.
The first humanoid robot company is going public with $1.8 million in revenue and a $138.1 million loss
Agility's Digit works in Amazon and GXO warehouses, but one investor accounted for most of the sales
Microsoft Office is down to $29 for a lifetime license
TL;DR: If you're looking for a powerful productivity suite without paying for any monthly subscriptions, Office is now available for just $29. All the essentials you need for work or personal projects at 85% off the regular price.
The Enough Phone is a $499 Android with a small screen, a removable battery, and fewer distractions
The small phone isn't dead, it's just crowdfunding
Valve support wins praise after restoring games a Steam user deleted during depressive episodes
It took Valve less than a day to bring them back
OpenAI president says AI could make death a choice, predicts major medical breakthroughs within 18 months
But don't hold your breath
The AI boom is coming for Switch cartridges, as a key chip supplier quits making ROM
Macronix makes more money on flash memory for data centers
The big picture: Memory makers have spent most of this year steering their factories toward AI data centers, a shift that is reportedly impacting the chips inside Nintendo Switch game cartridges. Taiwanese chipmaker Macronix is one of the main suppliers of the ROM in those cards. It's now winding down that business to make more flash memory instead. That said, Nintendo likely won't run short of cartridges anytime soon.
Google's Quick Share can now back up your Android photos to a Windows PC automatically
No cloud storage, no manual transfers, and no need to worry about Google's 15GB limit
A third of acquired game studios have closed since 2000, and Arkane Lyon could be next
French game developer union accuses Microsoft of sabotaging Arkane
Cheap Android TV boxes came with malware, and Google says the manufacturer was behind it
What we know so far: Google has severed ties with Android TV box manufacturer Videostrong over allegations that it pre-loaded a backdoor on more than 1.3 million set-top boxes. Dubbed XCPE, the backdoor used "obfuscation techniques" to evade Google's screening process and enrolled infected devices in a massive botnet that has since been shut down by the search giant.
TeamGroup warns the memory shortage has not reached its peak yet
RAM maker's profits are up 50%, but its CEO says the 'worst' is yet to come
Facepalm: Major memory manufacturers have repeatedly warned shareholders that the memory industry faces many more years of chaos and high prices. Now even smaller players such as TeamGroup are sounding the same alarm, saying conditions will soon turn brutal for both pricing and availability.
Stuffing an Xbox inside an alligator is the most Florida way ever to promote GTA VI
An alligator ate my Xbox
US export restrictions on China threaten SK Hynix's plans to build $45 billion worth of chip plants in New York
Commerce hasn't approved the equipment SK Hynix needs to fill an empty cleanroom at its China NAND fab
Remote Mouse turns your smartphone into a handy PC remote
Remote Mouse turns your phone into a wireless mouse, keyboard, and trackpad for your PC or Mac. The latest update adds the ability to view running apps and currently playing media directly from your phone, but the new feature is currently exclusive to macOS.
Microsoft's AI PC roadmap shows where Ryzen AI 500 and Intel Nova Lake fit into Windows
A leaked Microsoft slide sorts Windows PCs into AI tiers by RAM
Microsoft is giving away 25 Xbox games worth over $500 with new Windows PCs and handhelds
From Doom and Halo to Skyrim and Fallout, the bundle spans decades of Xbox history
Apple says it won't merge macOS and iPadOS, despite years of making them increasingly similar
iPads and Macs now share almost everything except macOS's open software platform
Six humanoid robots worked a 24-hour shift at a convenience store, but two weren't good enough to keep their jobs
Even robots aren't safe from disappointing their managers
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THAT WILL DO
OpenAI's plan to make data centers less hated: Rename them "compute campuses"
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AI BOOM
Anthropic's IPO filing reveals $1.7 billion quarterly personnel bill, averaging $107,000 per employee monthly
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WTF
Dating in Silicon Valley now involves spreadsheets, AI, and $5,000/mo relationship coaches
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IT CAN RUN CRYSIS
Intel's long-lost Larrabee GPU turns up in storage unit with working drivers
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HACKING
Digital billboards across the globe hacked to show p0rn
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WTF
Sam Altman says it's "terrible" for RAM to sit inside PCs instead of data centers
AMD posts record $13.4 billion revenue as AI boom fuels growth, but gaming sales are down 40%
AMD is winning big from the same AI boom that's hurting its gaming customers
Microsoft says Windows is now 20% more responsive and 40% faster at multitasking on 8GB PCs
As RAM prices soar, Microsoft is trying to make 8GB PCs usable again
The Art and History of the Video Game Parry
From early fencing games and arcade fighters to Bloodborne, Sekiro, and Clair Obscur, the parry has turned a moment of defense into one of gaming's most satisfying attacks.
Bloodborne reportedly sold more than 250,000 copies in 2026, 11 years after launch and with no patch since 2015
No wonder PC gamers still want a Bloodborne port
Google says schools that ban AI will also lose search
Google's education VP says Search and AI are now "deeply integrated"
Cutting corners: Google executives appear hell-bent on their effort to turn AI into a real business opportunity, even if the effort ends up undermining the company's revenue streams. This latest move looks like an attempt to push Gemini use among students and educational staff, potentially at the expense of rivals such as ChatGPT, which arguably have more mindshare and mainstream adoption at the moment.
Anthropic tells Claude Code to stop recreating existing video games
AI made game decompilation easy, and now the tool makers are drawing a line
Vizio smart TVs are ignoring tracking opt-outs, continue to send data even when sitting idle
The toggle doesn't seem to change anything
Borderlands is now a 100 million-copy franchise, and Gearbox isn't done yet
Gearbox calls 100 million rare for a game series, and outside a handful of giants
What does "Wi-Fi" stand for?
What do the letters in "Wi-Fi" stand for? Don't Google it.
Dating in Silicon Valley now involves spreadsheets, AI analysis, and $5,000-a-month relationship coaches
Matches are "top of funnel," and dates are the "conversion rate"
Pope Leo XIV urges governments to ban lethal AI weapons, says tech must be used for common good
The pontiff also spoke out against granting legal personhood to AI
Board makers are running out of GeForce RTX 50 GPUs, so distributors are pushing old RTX 3060s instead
The older cards aren't getting any cheaper, though
Squarespace cuts 19% of jobs, CEO admits the technology behind its business has changed enormously
AI wasn't mentioned as a reason, but it's difficult to ignore the elephant in the room
AMD's Zen 7 "Grimlock" APUs with RDNA 5+ graphics may not arrive until 2029
Possibly trailing Sony's RDNA 5 handheld by more than a year
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